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$xhtml = array(
	'<{title}>' => 'New pens',
	'takedown' => '2017-11-01',
	'<{body}>' => <<<END
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<section id="drudgery">
	<h2>Drudgery</h2>
	<p>
		My discussion post for the day:
	</p>
	<blockquote>
		<p>
			The reading material uses the term &quot;Zipf distribution&quot;, but doesn&apos;t actually define it.
			Searching for the term online provided several results, but they all use complicated explanations using mathematical terms I&apos;m not overly familiar with.
			One source explained it very simply though.
		</p>
		<p>
			It the strictest sense, it seems a Zipf distribution describes a situation in which a given observation is half as likely as the next-least-common observation, but twice as common as the next-most-common observation (Stephanie, 2016).
			If there&apos;s a twenty percent chance of option A, there&apos;ll be a ten percent chance of option B and a five percent chance of option C.
			Basically, it&apos;s a very specific class of exponential distributions.
			According to Zipf, the most common word is twice as common as the next-most-common, and so on, all the way down.
			This is, of course, a simplification of reality, but it&apos;s the example that gave rise to the concept of a Zipf distribution.
		</p>
		<p>
			However, like many terms, &quot;Zipf distribution&quot; isn&apos;t always used in the strictest sense.
			It can also be used to describe a situation is which a there are options that are very common and options that hardly ever show up (Stephanie, 2016).
			For example, about 99% of the world&apos;s wealth is owned by 1% of the population.
			Being wealthy is therefore very unlikely, while being middle class or even highly impoverished are exceedingly common conditions.
		</p>
		<div class="APA_references">
			<h3>References:</h3>
			<p>
				Stephanie. (2016, July 14). Zeta Distribution (Zipf Distribution). Retrieved from <a href="https://www.statisticshowto.datasciencecentral.com/zeta-distribution-zipf/"><code>https://www.statisticshowto.datasciencecentral.com/zeta-distribution-zipf/</code></a>
			</p>
		</div>
	</blockquote>
</section>
<section id="pens">
	<h2>Pen set</h2>
	<p>
		I bought a new gel pen set online today.
		I had a great 100-piece set years ago, but I had to give that up in the move to Coos Bay and back, just like I had to give up everything else I had any attachment to.
		There just wasn&apos;t room in the moving van.
		The most activating part was that my mother kept most of her junk, including things she doesn&apos;t even use, while the rest of us had to thin down drastically.
		I thinned down most of all; everything I had left except my clothing fit into a single box.
		But now it&apos;s time to start actually enjoying life again and getting a few personal items I want just because they&apos;re fun to have.
	</p>
	<p>
		I found a nice 48-piece set, but for only a dollar more, I could get a 60-piece set with a nice case.
		For another dollar, I was able to get a pink case instead of the standard brown one.
		The brown one looks a little nicer, but the cases are fake leather, and I&apos;m not great at telling real from fake leather.
		Being pink, it won&apos;t look as much like leather to me, so I&apos;ll enjoy it more.
	</p>
</section>
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